Diving apparatus for swimming pools



Dec. 4, 1928.

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DIVING- APBARATUS FOR SKVIIY'ZMII TG POOLS.

Application filed February 5, 1926. Serial My invention relates to an improved at (18). The thumb screws (19) housed in method and apparatus enabling bathers to the screw threaded plugs (20), provide the obtain better foothold and more rational means of giving diiferent slants to the slantpostures in diving from the spring board, ing platform, as shown at (21). The rubber 6 thereby exerting greater diving efforts on the flap affords protecting means for the elastic means provided within the apparatus. bare feet of the bathers. Another object of this invention is also to In its operation, my diving apparatus is provide an apparatus wherein the chances intended to serve two different purposes: for breakage or snapping of the spring board Firstly, the spring board, with its slanting itself, will be greatly reduced or completely platform, enables divers to comfortably take li i at d efiicient postures when diving, because the With these objects in view, my invention center of gravity of the diver (23), for incomprises the novel features, combinations stance, and in the position shown, lends itself and arrangements of parts, hereinafter more to an eiiicient and comfortable position when 70 fully described, with reference to the accomdiving, therefore, the kick exerted by the panying drawings, in which, Fig. 1 is a side feet will be greater. elevation of a. preferred type of my diving Secondly, any kick or jump given by the apparatus, while Fig. 2 is a plan view. Simidiver, on the diving end of the board, is immelar reference characters indicate corresponddiately brought to bear on the pivoted ful- 75 ing parts throughout the drawings. crum point of the spring board holder and,

My apparatus consists of the spring board in turn, transmitted to the elastic rubber holder (1) andits spring board (2). The pads. spring board holder is preferably made of These rubber pads, on account of their bronze or of enameled 'malleable iron. Its elasticity, create oscillations, which are am- 80 base (3) is provided with holes (4), at both plified at the diving end of the spring board, ends, for-. anchoring the apparatus to its in the ratio established by the unit distance foundation at the edge of a swimming pool. existing between the pivoted fulcrum and Upon the base, the upper and lower spring the center of the elastic means of the spring board housing members (5 and 6) are an board holder, multiplied by the free length 8 ranged to pivot around the fulcrum point (7 of the spring board.

and by means of the bolts (8), tightly clamp Aside from the greater diving jumps obth ing bo rd, tainable by divers using my apparatus, 1

Elastic means for the apparatus are proalso claim that the elastic and springy means vided by the two sets of rubbercushion pads provided in my device, will eliminate sharp 9o (9 and 10), disposed on the upper and lower impacts, straining to the breaking point,

faces of the lugs 11). These lugs are located the wooden board itself, thereby eliminating at the lower lateral sides of the spring board the chances of very serious accidents to users.

housing member (5), and the lugs. (12) cast t is obvious that while I have only illusin the base of the apparatus, provide anchortra-ted one specific embodiment capable of 0 ing means for the bolts (13) and their cap use, it is to be understood that in the practice n ts (14-). M of my improved method, details of construc- In order to permit free oscillations of the tion may be considerably modified by others, lower spring board housing member,around conversant with the art, without in any way the pivoted fulcrum point, the bolts (13) are departing from the sp1rit of my invention. 10c

45 of a diameter-smaller than the hole (15), in VVhat I claim is the lugs (11), or pivoted means can also be 1. A diving apparatus comprising a base, arranged for the bolts at their anchoring a board pivoted intermediate its ends to said points in the lugs (12). 7 base, anchoring meansholding the board to To obtain'a perfect foothold of the bare the base at a point opposite the diving end 5 feet of thebathers on the spring board holder, and cushioning means at said anchored end.

a rubber mat (16) is provided on the upper 2. A diving apparatus comprising a board surface of the upper spring board holder having a diving platform, a pivoted fulcrum housing member (6). supporting said board intermediate its ends,

The board (2), usually made of wellseameans for anchoring said board at the end soned hard wood, is provided, at the diving opposite the diving latform and cushioning end, with a slanting platform (17), pivoted means at said anchored end.

3. A diving apparatus comprising a base,

a board pivoted intermediate its ends to one end of the base, anchoring means at the opposite end of the base holding said board and 5 cushioning means co-operating with said anchoring means.

4. A diving apparatus as in claim 2 and means for adjusting said cushioning means. 5. A diving apparatus as in claim 2 an d 10 an adjustable diving platform on said board.

6. A diving apparatus as in claim 2, a diving platform pivoted to said board and means for adjusting said platform about said pivot.

7. a diving apparatus as in claim 2 in which said cushioning means comprises a pin ality of elastic pads.

8. A diving apparatus as in claim 2, said anchoring means comprising a plurality of bolts attached to the base and said cushioning means comprising a plurality of rubber pads surrounding said bolts.

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